ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Severe Storms, Tornadoes in Midwest and Southeast.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2002 TOPIC: Severe storms and tornadoes left at least 35 people dead and destroyed homes and businesses in the midwest and southeast. Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee were the hardest hit, according to an article by CNN.com. In Tennessee, 150 people are still unaccounted for in the remote town of Mossy Grove. Meteorologists are saying this was the worst storm system seen in years. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: William L. Waugh, Jr. is a professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and was the United States' first African-American ambassador to the United Nations. School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University History Georgia State University was founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's "School of Commerce." The school focused on what was called "the new science of business. , is the author of the book Terrorism and Emergency Management. He has served as a consultant to federal, state and local governments, international organizations and nonprofits on dealing with terrorist incidents The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism. Massacres more generally are listed chronologically at List of massacres; assassinations are listed by location at List of assassinated people. and managing natural disasters. He has also conducted training programs on dealing with terrorism and managing large scale disasters. 404-651-4592, wwaugh@gsu.edu; PR: Kerri S. Milam (headstronginc@mindspring.com, 912-308-2427). Joe D'Aleo has over 25 years experience in professional meteorology meteorology, branch of science that deals with the atmosphere of a planet, particularly that of the earth, the most important application of which is the analysis and prediction of weather. . He has been chief meteorologist at Weather Services International Corporation since 1989. He served as the first Director of Meteorology at The Weather Channel. He was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society The American Meteorological Society (AMS) promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. in 1999. He is a Certified Consultant Meteorologist, and is featured contributor to www.intellicast.com as "Dr. Dewpoint." His areas of specialization include East Coast winter storms; U.S. and global impacts of El Nino and La Nina La Niña n. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America, occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns. , including effects on winter storms, tornadoes and hurricanes; predictive snow index; unique relationship between volcanic eruptions volcanic eruptions discharging of fumes, dust and lava from volcanoes. They have damaging potential in addition to those of being physically overpowering by the lava flow or the ash or dust fallout. and weather; multi-season outlooks. PR: Sally Adams (sadams@LNScom.com). Bob Baron, founder and president of Baron Services, was a broadcast meteorologist for nearly 20 years before devoting his efforts to developing better detection and dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there tools for severe weather events. These products and the resulting increased awareness and response by the public are credited for saving lives across the country. 256-881-8811, kgrantham@baronservices.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/ifmd/index.html. |
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